
Month / May 2006
It’s Certainly a Lot Better Than Attending a Banal Seminar for a Free Toaster
Gordon Van Gelder, editor of the excellent Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, is trying out an interesting new strategy. He’ll send you a free copy of the latest issue if you blog about it. (via Gwenda)
Han Shoots First!
The original unremastered Star Wars trilogy is being released to DVD. About goddam time.
If the “Casino Royale” Trailer Left You Underwhelmed…
…there’s always the Superman Returns trailer. Nice tie-in with the look of the earlier films (Lois’ rooftop apartment, the Fortress of Solitude), plus Bryan Singer.
Dan Clowes: There’s Always Room for Bitter
Kimberly Chun talks with Daniel Clowes: “Being a cartoonist, except for the last couple years, was always a frustrating and humiliating field to be in. It was so impressed on me already — none of the big successes of last five years have any meaning for me. It hasn’t changed a thing. ‘Oh, I’m in the New York Times’ — it doesn’t help. My resentment was so deep for so long that I can’t shake it.”